Comments on: PSA: Only You Can Prevent Data Loss

By: DianeV

DianeV — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:35:48 +0000

I thought the RAID setup on my main computer (two hard drives containing identical data) were probably a waste — until my computer network guy pointed out that one drive was “going”. A few days later, the new hard drive arrived; we swapped it in place of the one that was slowly(?) failing, booted up the machine, and it copied all the data to the new blank drive. No copying, reinstalling or anything else — and added benefit: no need to defrag!

We also do backups both to an external drive and CDs/DVDs.

I can also recommend Belarc Advisor (belarc.com), a free program which builds a detailed profile of what you’ve installed on your machine. Very handy when you need it.

By: Lizard Wisdom

Lizard Wisdom — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:32:54 +0000

We learned to backup after my wife’s HDD crashed on her desktop. Now we both have an external drive that we do backup to religiously.

Man, having a drive crash really can stink! At least you now are set to do your backups!

By: Jim Lee

Jim Lee — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:59:56 +0000

Here’s a completely different take on the backup issue:
http://www.jamesbrausch.com/backups/

The author (James Brausch) has developed a system where he never needs to back-up his computer, and how this makes him dramatically more successful… even though his computer completely crashed.

Interesting perspective…

Cheers,
Jim

By: Maurice Walshe

Maurice Walshe — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:18:28 +0000

did you try spinwrite ?

By: awatson

awatson — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:21:02 +0000

I like the DVD-R/CD-R plus external hard drive route. I burn a few discs now and then and put them in a box. When a box fills up I move it to a different location (friends/family). That way if my house burns and the computer/external drive are both toast, I still have something.

Oh, and something like spinrite may be able to recover the data on your disk.

By: Burlingame Kango

Burlingame Kango — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:10:46 +0000

What a nightmare! Something similar happened to me on Christmas Eve ‘04. I’m still feeling the repercussions from my week-long rant that ensued: Some members of my family STILL won’t speak to me!

By: Keiron

Keiron — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:00:33 +0000

Hi,

I’ve suddenly realised the backup device I do have, I’m actually just using as extended storage so I’m currently investigating what I can buy to backup my backup device!?!? (sounds mad I know!)

http://www.skillett.com/index.php/498/backup-space-what-a-minefield

By: People Finder

People Finder — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:24:38 +0000

I once lost an entire web site this way. I failed to back the files up from my PC’s hard drive. The PC crashed, losing the web site files with it. While the PC was being worked on, there was a problem with my internet service provider’s servers that caused me to lose the entire site. Luckily, it wasn’t that big of a site to begin with.

By: Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:22:45 +0000

I hope this New Year story from Youmozz will make it easier for you:

http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/the-readiness-is-all

By: Suresh Chowhan

Suresh Chowhan — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:11:02 +0000

This post learns to us we should take back after a period or going before on any holiday and tour. I can feel your paint because I have also suffered this problem last months because of getting enjoy in holidays. I had lost my data for two important sites and could not get back. I have to again work on those site at start up. Thanks to share this important post.